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... June , 1252 , aged forty - eight . He married Matilda , daughter of Albert II . Elector of Brandenburg , by whom he had , first , Albert , the Great ; second , Otto , Bishop of Hildesheim , 1261 , died 1279 ; third , Conrad , Bishop of ...
... June , 1252 , aged forty - eight . He married Matilda , daughter of Albert II . Elector of Brandenburg , by whom he had , first , Albert , the Great ; second , Otto , Bishop of Hildesheim , 1261 , died 1279 ; third , Conrad , Bishop of ...
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... June 5th 1400 , by one Hartingshausen , leaving no issue male . * On Frideric's death , he divided possessions with Bernhard , and got Luneburg for life ; but his children gave it up for Brunswic . He died 1416 , leaving two sons ...
... June 5th 1400 , by one Hartingshausen , leaving no issue male . * On Frideric's death , he divided possessions with Bernhard , and got Luneburg for life ; but his children gave it up for Brunswic . He died 1416 , leaving two sons ...
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... June 8th , 1714 , aged eighty - four , just fifty - three day's before Queen Anne . She had issue , first , George Lewis , after George I. of England ; second , Frederic - Augustus , born 1661 , an imperial general , killed in the war ...
... June 8th , 1714 , aged eighty - four , just fifty - three day's before Queen Anne . She had issue , first , George Lewis , after George I. of England ; second , Frederic - Augustus , born 1661 , an imperial general , killed in the war ...
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... June 11th , 1727 , aged sixty - eight . Coxe says , that he had excellent qualities for a sovereign , plainness of manners , simplicity of cha- racter , and benignity of temper ' ; great application to business , extreme exactness in ...
... June 11th , 1727 , aged sixty - eight . Coxe says , that he had excellent qualities for a sovereign , plainness of manners , simplicity of cha- racter , and benignity of temper ' ; great application to business , extreme exactness in ...
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... order of the Bath , June 17th , 1725 , he was installed first knight companion of the order . He was created VOL . I. * Coxe , ut supr . 273 , 548 . D " " Duke of Cumberland , Marquis of Berkhamsted , DUKE OF CORNWALL . 33.
... order of the Bath , June 17th , 1725 , he was installed first knight companion of the order . He was created VOL . I. * Coxe , ut supr . 273 , 548 . D " " Duke of Cumberland , Marquis of Berkhamsted , DUKE OF CORNWALL . 33.
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